Magic the Gathering Modern Masters 2015 GP Chiba - Home Players Rule the Field

Nippon!

By
Kenn Leandre

Grand Prix Chiba Modern Masters weekend is over and it was without surprises an almost complete sweep by the local Japanese players for the top 8 positions. With thousands of players and a majority of Japanese entrant, the outcome was inevitable. Japanese Yuki Matsumoto from Tokyo sealed the deal and was crowned champion of the event.

The big surprise was Albert Budisanjaya from Indonesia who managed to position himself in the top 8 player position and entering the last draft round in rank 5. With his first ever top position in a GP, Albert was the only non-japanese to get into the semi finals.

Other players from Taiwan such as Hao-Shan, Malaysia’s Joe and Chye, Singapore’s Chyehwee and Benedict or Philippine’s Richmond, were expected to be promising with very strong plays early on Day 1, but faltered and by mid day 2 their dreams of finishing in the top 8 or getting 39 points to get an invitation to the pro tour in Vancouver Canada, were sadly not a possibility.

Here are the final standings for the players of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Philippines at day 2

Malaysia

Rank

Name

Points

Percentage

35

soh, Joe [MYS]

36

65.8730%

53

chye, Yianhsiang [MYS]

36

57.1429%

Singapore.

122

Eugene, Yap [SGP]

33

56.3492%

144

Heng, Chyehwee [SGP]

31

64.6032%

168

Benedict, Lee [SGP]

31

57.9365%

172

Tan, Chinheng [SGP]

31

56.3492%

231

Soh, Wengheng [SGP]

30

56.1905%

232

Wong, Weiquan [SGP]

30

56.1905%

240

Shi, Xiang [SGP]

30

54.2857%

292

Seah, Lipcheeeric [SGP]

27

58.7302%

327

Chongteng, Kong [SGP]

27

42.8571%

Thailand

183

Sorakup, Akekarash [THA]

31

52.6984%

Indonesia

5

Budisanjaya, Albert [IDN]

39

75.2381%

Taiwan

15

Huang, Hao-shan [TWN]

39

56.3492%

103

Kuo, Tzu-ching [TWN]

33

61.9048%

153

Lee, Hung [TWN]

31

60.3175%

247

Chiayin, Wu [TWN]

30

52.3810%

256

Huang, Yung-ling [TWN]

30

49.5238%

281

Funghuei, Chu [TWN]

27

64.2857%

301

Hung, Juowen [TWN]

27

55.8730%

319

hsu, David [TWN]

27

51.9048%

Hong Kong

203

Lee, Shitian [HKG]

30

64.7619%

279

Tinghin, Cheng [HKG]

27

66.6667%

306

lai, Pakyin [HKG]

27

54.7619%

Philippines

106

Tan, Richmond [PHL]

33

61.4286%

As we leave Chiba, here's a short timelapse video of the event hall where all the action took place last weekend.